Building Projects

There are several kinds of builds that you will want to make. When you are testing new code just added, verifying that refactoring didn't break anything, or if your code is being tested internally, you will want to perform a debug build.

Note

Refactoring is a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing its observable behavior (Fowler, 2000).

When your code has been tested according to the application's needs and the qualitative standards determined—which should include unit, integration, and black-box testing and can include white-box testing and a thorough quality assurance review—you will want to perform a release build. Black-box testing refers ...

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